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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed January 30, 1919. Serial No. 273,976.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HARRY H. MARRIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Okmulgee, in the county of Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Sign, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention aims to provide means for illuminating the interior of a box-like sign in such a way that no letter of the sign w1 ll be more prominent than another letter, it being impossible to see through the slgn from one side and observe an inscription on the other side, with resulting confusion, all of the results above mentioned being brought about by the use of a minimum number of lamps.

Within the scope of what is claimed, a'

mechanic may make changes, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings V Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section; Fig. 3 1s a longitudinal vertical section; and Flg. 4 1s a fragmental section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Disregarding matters which relate to ornament, tin-smith work and electric wiring, it may be stated that the device forming the subject matter of this application comprises a box-like case 1 having sides 2, a top 3, a bottom 4:, and ends 5 having openings 6. Outwardly projecting frusto-conical closures 7 control the openings 6 and are hinged at 8, at their upper ends, to the parts 5 of the case 1, the members 7 being held closed by latch mechanisms 17 engaging the lower portions of the members 7. Within the closures 7 frusto-conical reflectors 9 are fixed, the outer ends of the reflectors and the closures being spaced to receive sockets 10 carrying electric lamps 11 in circuit with conductors 12 which may pass throughone end 5 of the case 1 and terminate in a connector 14:.

Inwardly bulged transparent plates 15, preferably made of glass, are fixed in the ends of the case 1 close to the openings 6. A screen extends between the crowns of the plates 15, the screen being denoted. by the numeral 16 and extending from the'top of the caseto the bottom thereof. By crowns I mean those portions of the plates 15 which extend farthest inward. The screen may be held in a frame 10 retained by clips 11, and the plates 15 may be held in clips 42. The screen, it should be understood, has none of the functions of a reflector. It may be made of wire netting or like foraminous material, and may be colored white.

The sides 2 of the case 1 carry inscriptions 18, the characters of which may be formed by tubular transparent members 19 provided at their rear ends with reflecting surfaces 20, the light entering through the sides of the transparent members and being projected forwardly by the reflecting surfaces. These members are not described in detail, because they are shown in the Marriott and Wade Patent No. 1,237,359, issued on May 16, 1916.

It is to be noted that the lamps 11 and the reflectors 9 lie beyond those portions of the case 1 which carry the inscription 18. Consequently, a person looking at the sign from the front or'the back cannot see into the reflectors and observe the lamps. The plates 15, although transparent, serve to distribute and diffuse the light, so that no letter in the inscription appears brighter than another letter thereof. person on one side of the sign from looking through the sign and observing the inscription on the other side of the sign with corresponding confusion, but,because the screen is foraminous, there is a diffusion and dis tribution of light therethrough, on both sides of the screen.

I claim In a device of the class described, a case provided on its sides with openings defining inscriptions; inwardly bulged transparent diffusion members extended across the case adjacent to the ends thereof; lamps disposed outwardly of the diffusion members; and a foraminous partition disposed longitudinally of the case, between the inscriptions, and extended inwardly from the crown of one diffusion member to the crown of the other diffusion member, the partition serving to distribute and diffuse the light, but preventing the inscription on either side of the case from being visible at the other side of the case. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own.

HARRY H. MARRIOTT.

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